Communist Movement of Asturias (in Asturian: ''Movimientu Comunista d'Asturies''. MCA) was the federated political party of the

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(MC) in

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

. The MCA was founded in 1976.

Ideology

Originally the MCA was a

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party, inspired by the

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, but over the years, specially after 1981–82, the organization gradually abandoned its previous ideologies ( Orthodox Marxism, Leninism,

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) in favour of more heterodox forms of

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. The party was also supportive of the Feminist,

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and '' Insurbordinate'' social movements.

History

The MCA campaigned against the

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. In 1979 the Organization of the Communist Left of Asturias joined the MCA.

Lliberación

In 1991, after several years of collaboration, the MCA and the LCR decided to merge, resulting in Lliberación. In 1993 the members of the LCR left Lliberación. Lliberación collaborated with the

United Left of Asturias United Left of Asturias (, . IU–IX) is the Asturian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Manuel González Orviz is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of Asturias (PCA, Asturian federa ...

since then, gaining one seat in the

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in 2003, held by Paloma Uría, inside that coalition. Lliberación disappeared in 2010.

References

{{Reflist * Laíz, Consuelo: ''La lucha final. Los partidos de la izquierda radical durante la transición española''.

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: Libros de la Catarata, 1995. * Roca, José Manuel: ''Una aproximación sociológica, política e ideológica a la izquierda comunista revolucionaria en España''. in Roca, José Manuel: ''El proyecto radical. Auge y declive de la izquierda revolucionaria en España (1964-1992)''.

: Los libros de la Catarata, 1994. Political parties established in 1976 Political parties disestablished in 1991 Communist parties in Spain Maoist organizations in Spain